Publication Notes

"From different parts of the country come reports of profits made utilizing the materials made available by the wrecking of old buildings in the construction of new houses and barns. Before the war no money was to be saved by utilizing second-hand lumber; now prices are so high that it pays to save old boards and timbers and haul them long distances to be incorporated in new work. From this time on it is not probably that any dismantled building will be used only for kindling wood.

There are chances in every growing and progressive community for cutting down the cost of new buildings by the purchase of the old structures that are to be superseded by modern residences or business blocks. In many cases the old lumber, if protected from the weather, may be as serviceable as any just from the sawmill. The attention now being given to the salvage of old buildings indicates that Americans are getting away form their old habits of wastefulness."